I may be wrong about this but I think persimmons have the greatest sugar content of any fruit. Interesting that they’re your favorite, fig boss.

Plant some extra for the squirrels. It’s a native mammal. Most state laws also state that you can only kill small (native) mammals on your property during the appropriate season (not with poison or snares) unless you have a permit to do so outside of the season.

@oh_k8

2 ай бұрын

Years ago this dude picked all the persimmons off these wild public trees - stating that if he didn't take them, no one would. Well wildlife depend on them and he took them all. Now wildlife took his persimmons and he killed them all. Humans are very destructive. They're like squirrels that walk upright.

Awesome stuff, Ross. I have Prok, Yates, and Nikita’s Gift in the ground currently… patiently waiting for some fruit.

i have asian persimmon tree took 5/6 years for it to hold its fruit , delious fruit but the squierels love them to nice video Ross ,surprised you can get those verietys to get threw the winter.

I had a battle with squirrels myself. I used a live trap and relocated them. I was up to nine last season, a bit less this year. I definitely understand how you feel.

@petera5560

Жыл бұрын

Why relocate a rat with a tail, cartoons have made them human to many :(. Time for me to get a couple of those WCS squirrel traps, they get all my nuts and have made their way into my attic, the 22 rifle can't keep up. Killed 10, but they keep breeding like rats.

@stevegaines-vq3bd

2 ай бұрын

@@petera5560 i understand but....your trap is probably not legal.....

@christianmama2441

2 ай бұрын

Install some owl houses on your tallest trees, they do eat squirrels if they move into your box.

My tree got some fungal infection. All new leaves got black spots and curls.Used toget about 150 to 200 fruits.But this year not even one fruit on the tree. What should I do?It is a big tree about 12 yearold.I appreciate your advice

Enjoyed the tour

Ross, Another example of your talent/ability to get some major results with less than optimum conditions....partial shade competition form trees, etc. but with good fruit set/harvest on a wide variety of species. Looking forward to seeing what you can accomplish with more property, full sun, reduced tree competition. The best for a gr8 growing future! Randy/GA

thank you for sharing!

New subscriber, love Persimmons 👍👋

Im currently obsessed with american persimmons.. I've bought seeds from several suppliers with different genetics.. Hoping some are hardy enough to survive here at 64dgr north in Norway.. :) nice video as always!

@petera5560

Жыл бұрын

woe, seeds will take forever to fruit and taste of fruit won't be known, better if you buy some trees. I used to be obsessed with young women, but I'm old now and so now I like Persimmons and fruit trees.

@stevegaines-vq3bd

2 ай бұрын

I also....have Persimmon Fever.....Planted 1 Jiro Persimmon last week & ordered 2 {bare root} Jiro persimmons last night...

@Olvee

2 ай бұрын

@@petera5560 I’m waiting for 5 cultivar trees as we speak 🫡

I found a nice persimmon tree this week. It was on the edge of a parking lot where I was working. There was lots of fruit dropping and perfectly ripe. I have a Japanese Fuyo one but it didn't give me any fruit this year for some reason. It had a lot of buds and fruit but they all fell off. I haven't seen natives that big before!!

What’s you’re opinion on the chocolate persimmon

About how much sun does your Prok get, and at what times of the day, please? I don't have space in full sun for a large tree. Thanks!

I love persimmons- astringent and non-astringent. Though, I like the non-astringent more because we don't need to wait for them to ripe to enjoy. I've grown 8 non-astringent varieties and 2 astringent varieties.

Have two of the same squirrel trap as you. One word of warning is that it instantly kills only about 80-90% of the time. So I would check it frequently, especially in the morning, and be prepared to have to take additional measures to finish the job. It really is my least favorite part of growing fruit but realistically you can't grow fruit to full ripeness in suburbia unless you also control the local squirrel overpopulation.

@fruitsyfarms5115

Жыл бұрын

Yep. We have an acre full of fruit trees in Charlotte and don’t get a single piece of fruit without traps. We use the A18 and A24. The traps reset themselves and the dogs clean up the mess. Works great!

Which one does produce the biggest fruit!

Fruit fed squirrels….delicious.

@stevegaines-vq3bd

2 ай бұрын

I just Planted a 7' tall Jiro Persimmon & 2 Kieffer Pear trees last week & last night ordered 2 (bare root} Jiro Persimmons & will plant them in the next few days... Already picked out a Big cedar tree just to the east for my tree stand....I'm in Deer territory here in Southern Ohio....

Are you watering them and how much? My persimmons dropping all fruits.

Why don't you consolidate and graft more onto a smaller number of trees to open up more light?

This trap is one of the best investments we made this year. My tomato, blackberry & fig crops were finally enjoyed by us, rather than those furry rodents! 🐿

Our dogs love them 😋 Without the dogs we wouldn’t have fruit

Do you know how big(width and height) Celebrity gets adult?smaller than PROC? It seems,you plant your persimmons very close,something like 6feet or less,altough they supposed to gros 15-20feet circle. I get we can closer ,but isn't it a little bit too much close? Just wondering how crazy I can go with my own spacing

The only thing that has stopped me from jumping head first into growing persimmons is the many varieties and how the effect each other (pollination variants/seed-setting). I can't get over this stupid feeling that I still don't know enough to choose an optimal collection and not choose one that might 'ruin' others (for example I saw a vid from a seattle grower comparing pollinated vs unpollinated coffeecake persimmon - the unpollinated one was basically a seedless hachiya whereas the pollinated one, while slightly better tasting, had annoyingly large seeds that I would consider not worth it). It's a bit confusing.

@RossRaddi

Жыл бұрын

None of my persimmons are producing male flowers. There's nothing to be concerned about.

You don’t have to overwinter the Fuyu? I don’t think you’re that far from me, I’m in Nj 6b. I’m going to try a Fuyu and thinking about planting in-ground and overwintering it.

@RossRaddi

Жыл бұрын

I'm not growing fuyu. I hear in freak winters a fuyu may die here, so I chose jiro and Tam Kam. They're slightly hardier varieties.

Tree chicken is what I call them vermin.

That’s a nice trap u got there

@stevegaines-vq3bd

2 ай бұрын

It's illegal......

Gosh your persimmon trees look great no fungal infections. In my area they get black spots all over the leaves. I wonder if being in a suburban area helps? That prok is insanely big it looks like an asian.

@RossRaddi

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like you have a lot of humidity where you're at. More than me. There's no fungus on the leaves here. Air flow and maximum sunlight is critical if that's your issue.

@bluegrassdiggers9030

Жыл бұрын

@@RossRaddi Yes summers are humid in Kentucky to the point where persimmon look terrible with black splotches all over the leaves and sometimes on the fruit.

Anyone have experience using cats to control those pesky rodents?

@davidchavez9036

Жыл бұрын

I don't have any pet cats. But the neighborhood cats coming in my backyard I believe do help somewhat

you can get cats in your backyard. no need to kill

You are cruel.

stop killing them man. cover your fruits.

@RossRaddi

Жыл бұрын

That doesn't help. They get through every time.

@petera5560

Жыл бұрын

The only problem I have in killing them is one day I might need to eat them, if food shortages get really bad.

😢 you don’t have to kill squirrels just because you want save your persimmons 😡👎🏻